- Police, Serial killers, Telepathy, Mystery fiction
It begins with a letter. The letter contains a request - think of a number, any number - and a sealed envelope. When Dave Gurney, retired NYPD homicide detective, is contacted by an old college acquaintance about some startling letters he's been receiving, it is at first little more than a diverting but sinister puzzle. Until the acquaintance is brutally killed. Suddenly Gurney finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation that makes no sense.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- John Verdon
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 502
- Publisher
- Broadway Paperbacks, Windsor/Paragon, Penguin Books, Limited
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307588937
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